Homemade cheese is a delicious dairy product that you can make yourself. There are a huge number of cheese recipes that can help you save money.
It is necessary
- For making homemade cheese:
- - 1 kg of cottage cheese;
- - 2 tbsp. l. butter;
- - 4 tbsp. l. baking soda;
- - 2 tsp fine salt;
- - spices (dill, cumin, etc.);
- - pan;
- - meat grinder (grater).
- To make goat cheese:
- - 3 liters of goat milk;
- - 100 g lemon juice;
- - 2 tbsp. l. salt;
- - spices (to taste);
- - pan;
- - colander;
- - gauze.
Instructions
Step 1
Scroll fresh cottage cheese through a meat grinder or grate on a fine grater. Place the grated cottage cheese in a saucepan and place on the stove. 2 tbsp. l. Spread soda evenly over the surface of the curd.
Step 2
Cook the mass over low heat, stirring constantly. During the preparation of the cheese, whey should appear: as soon as it appears, cover the pan with a lid and remove from heat.
Step 3
Remove the whey and let the product cool for a while. In some cases, whey is not formed, then it is necessary to add another 2 tbsp to the curd. l. the remaining prescription table salt and heat until thickened.
Step 4
Melt the butter and pour into the product, add salt to improve the taste, as well as any spices of your choice (cumin, dill, etc.). After that, put it on the fire again and cook until it thickens. You can determine the readiness of the cheese by the formation of a homogeneous thick mass.
Step 5
Put the resulting cheese mass in a container, previously greased with butter, and put on a certain place in a cool place. After cooling, the homemade cheese is completely ready to eat.
Step 6
To make goat cheese, put the goat milk on the fire and heat until bubbles begin to appear and the milk froths. After that, remove from heat and add the lemon juice, which is used as a sourdough according to the recipe. Lemon juice is used in the following proportion: for 1 liter of goat milk, add 1/3 cup of lemon juice.
Step 7
Wait 10 minutes, during this time the milk should curdle under the influence of the juice. Strain the resulting product through several layers of cheesecloth laid out in a colander. Tie the remaining part of the cheese in the gauze in a knot and hang to drain over the pan.
Step 8
Put cheese from cheesecloth in a container and add salt and spices to taste, stir. The cheese is stored in the refrigerator and taken out of the refrigerator for an hour before serving to create a unique flavor. Goat cheese is ideal for light wines, dumplings, sauces, pizza and all kinds of snacks.
